Civic groups take to streets to mark anniversary of 228 Incident

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/24
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) A total of 47 civic groups took to the streets in Taipei on Saturday to mark the 71st anniversary of the 228 Incident, urging the public to learn from history and continue to fight injustices and human rights violations in today’s world.

The roughly 300 participants, including 99-year-old Taiwan independence movement pioneer Su Beng (史明), gathered at Rixin Elementary School at 1:30 p.m. and marched past four sites connected to the 228 Incident.

The 228 Incident describes an anti-government uprising and the subsequent brutal crackdown in early 1947 that left tens of thousands of people dead or imprisoned.
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